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January 2017

Volume 19 Issue 2

CPD events for counsellors, psychotherapists

and mental health professionals in the North West

www.counselling-northwest.org.uk

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CONTENTS

CNW committee pg 3

About Counselling Northwest pg 4

Letter from the Chair pg 5

Dates for your Diary pg 6-8

Workshop application form pg 9-10

Meetings and Workshop reports & Feedback pg 11-17

Searching for a New Home for CNW pg 18-19

Social media pg 20

CNW membership form pg 21-22

Notice board pg 23

CNW needs you pg 24

Classifieds pg 25-26

Important information pg 27

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Counselling Northwest - Committee

Position

Name

Chair Pauline Summers

Vice-Chairs Peter Jenkins / Urooj Khan

General Secretary Tracy McCadden

Speaker Secretary Urooj Khan

Membership Secretary Pat Howard

Treasurer Tony Howard / Hazel Wilcock

Newsletter Editor & Production Tracy McCadden & Tony Howard

Social Media Coordinator Jennifer Pennington

External Contacts Coordinator Peter Jenkins

Catering Co-ordinator Frances Owen

Venue sourcing Jenny Edwards

All general enquiries, including vacancy enquiries should be

addressed to: [email protected]

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ABOUT COUNSELLING NORTHWEST

N.B. Membership of Counselling Northwest is not intended as a

substitute for membership of a Professional Body such as BACP,

BABCP, UKCP etc. It is a Networking Group and as such is intended as

an additional resource.

Counselling Northwest is a networking group founded, and run, by

practising counsellors for those who are interested in practising and

encouraging counselling and therapy in the north west. It is a group

voluntarily run BY counsellors FOR counsellors.

The group holds regular evening meetings and occasional day-long workshops,

all of which cover a wide variety of topics of interest to members. Suggestions for

topics and speakers are always very welcome. Non-members of Counselling

Northwest are welcome to attend members’ meetings, but are requested to pay

a visitor’s fee of £5.

Membership Application + Renewal form is on pages 21 & 22

The form can also be downloaded from the CNW website

Three newsletters are currently published each year; September, January and

April and distributed to members, therapy services, and educational

establishments.

Articles for inclusion in the newsletter are always welcomed as are any

contributions connected to the world of counselling.

Evening CPD meetings are held 9 times per year (at 7.00p.m unless

specified otherwise) at Bury Training & Development Centre, and

workshops are held 3 times per year at the same venue.

Directions to venue can be found on page 8 as well as the website.

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

Dear Members

Well I am guessing that when you read this we will be at the start of 2017 and all the festivities of Xmas will be behind us. So I would like to wish you all the best for 2017.

The last few months have been very active for CNW. We have changed venue and been enjoying some record attendances at our evening CPD meetings. The venue at Bury has proved to be a good one with most people appreciating the good facilities and the amount of parking available. However, we are still searching for other alternatives and will keep assessing other options.

We have an interesting programme organised for the first part of 2017 and we hope that we continue to attract bigger audiences. Word about CNW is getting around even better than before, especially with the work put in behind the scenes by our social media expert, Jennifer Pennington. Thanks are due to her and of course to the other members of the committee who spend their time making sure that events run smoothly and CNW continues to grow.

Thanks also to all of you who support CNW and enjoy the programme. I hope to attend as many events as possible myself, and can be also contacted on [email protected]

Best wishes

Pauline Summers

Chair

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CPD OPPORTUNITIES!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

See page 8 for directions to our NEW VENUE for meetings:

The Bury Training and Development Centre All evening meetings start at 7pm

EVENING CPD MEETINGS

Thursday 26th January 2017

Drama Therapy—In Theory and in Practice

Emma Dawes

This part practical, part theoretical 2 hour workshop will provide a basic

understanding of Dramatherapy practice, as well as the main theory which

underpins this approach. It offers opportunity for qualified and trainee counsellors

and psychotherapists to explore working more creatively within their practice.

There will be opportunity for signposting towards formal MA training in

Dramatherapy for anyone interested in gaining a qualification.

Please wear comfortable clothing as you may be invited to work in a movement-

based way.

Facilitated by Emma Dawes, an experienced Dramatherapist who has been working

with a wide range of clients over the last 7 years and specialises in working with

children and adolescents. She has worked in primary and secondary schools as

well as in specialist education including young people with autism and learning

difficulties. She has also worked in eating disorder clinics and with adults with

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY CONTINUED:

CPD MEETINGS CONTINUED:

Wednesday 22nd February

Introducing Focussed Mindfulness

Clare Walters

The root causes of most of our clients’ problems, if they concern their relationships, physical health, mental health, stress levels, anxiety or depression stem from their unconscious mind. They stem from the habitual fears and responses that have been hard wired into them, usually from a very young age. They cannot think their way out of them.

Focussed mindfulness (FM) gives us the tools to change that hard wiring. It gets directly to the root cause, the unconscious and literally changes their way of thinking. The strength of the practice is in the no frills, direct approach that allows the client to make sense of their experience in their own way and learn tools to keep bringing themselves back to a healthier mindset whenever they need it.

I have spent 10 years developing the practice. I have been inspired by many spiritual

teachers, most notably Sri Ramana Maharshi (been to his ashram a couple of times),

Brandon Bays, Byron Katie, Gangaji, and Marianne Williamson. I am a homeopath and

Journey practitioner with a PhD in scientific research. My early experience was in general

therapeutic practice and working in the rheumatology department of Barnsley hospital

(almost literally at the coal face) with people in chronic pain. This led me to develop this

pragmatic, simple, secular approach that is acceptable to the widest range of people. I

have been teaching Focussed Mindfulness to practitioners since 2010 and now work

from a centre in Mirfield where there is now a loose community of about 100 who come

for meditations, training, supervision and support.

In the talk I will introduce you to the five core tools in the Focussed Mindfulness toolbox

and illustrate them with case examples. There will be an opportunity to experience the

work first hand in a guided mediation and plenty of time for questions and discussion.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY CONTINUED: CPD MEETINGS CONTINUED

Tuesday 28th March

In Conversation with a Counsellor working as a Therapeutic Foster Carer with Linda Wolfenden

Linda Wolfenden qualified as a counsellor in 2003, completing her MA in 2008. She has worked as an integrative practitioner in private practice, public and 3rd

sector organisations.

In 2009, when the youngest of their two daughters flew the nest, Linda and her husband became specialist therapeutic foster carers for Salford Children's Services, providing a home to a number of children and young people with complex emotional and behavioural difficulties. They have cared for the same young person for the past four and a half years.

The fostering role has not only had a profound effect on their personal and family lives, but has given Linda a unique insight into disorganised attachment behaviours in a way that no academic study ever could. This has ultimately benefitted her counselling work and it is this that Linda wants to share with you and explore further during this session."

DIRECTIONS TO THE BURY TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Seedfield Resource Centre, Parkinson St, Bury, BL9 6NY

From the M66, exit at junction 2—A58 to Bury / Heywood. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Rochdale rd (A58). Turn right onto Wash Lane (B6221) and go across one roundabout before turning right onto Walmersley Rd (A56) and then left onto Parkinson St. The centre is directly at the bottom. The meetings building is on the left. There is parking at the front, though additional parking can be found further down, behind the building ahead if needed.

MAP TO VENUE CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE

www.counselling-northwest.org.uk

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FULL DAY WORKSHOP

Introduction to Coaching Skils

Saturday 11 March 2017, 10am – 4.30pm

We’re delighted that Georgia Parker, Director of Cascade Coaching and Training Ltd, will be running this interactive practical workshop to introduce coaching skills, following on from the evening session she ran for us about the differences and similarities between coaching and counselling in 2016. Georgia will:

Introduce us to the key coaching skills of contracting, creating goals and generating powerful intentions and actions

Help us explore the contexts and settings in which coaching may work well for those with a counselling background

Provide a demonstration of coaching live in during the session

Share with us the most widely used coaching process model and support us to practice some basis coaching skills with it

The session is aimed at anyone who is interested in coaching, who would like to know more or expand their skills and knowledge.

Georgia is a transformational leadership facilitator, coach and trainer who has run her own successful business in the UK for the last 10 years. She supports leaders and teams transform their leadership to their highest potential, deliver great performance and tangible results from a values-based perspective, creating cultural alignment for their teams and organisation.

Her purpose is to illuminate the path for those who seek their freedom, in their leadership, professional and personal lives. Her core values are equanimity, presence, reliability and compassion. Her facilitation and coaching support is designed to help support others to find their authentic self and work in a way that is genuine for them, drawing on their strengths, values and purpose to maximise their effectiveness as leaders and contentment in their personal lives.

She has a particular interest in wellbeing at work and stress management interventions, having qualifications in psychological coaching, hypnotherapy and Transactional Analysis alongside coaching, facilitation and training. She trains and supervises workplace coaches.

Alongside her own portfolio of work with clients, she has worked for many years in a number of roles as a business coach and mentor, supporting entrepreneurs and start-ups to achieve their aspirations.

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“Introduction to Coaching Skills”

Georgia Parker

One Day Workshop: Saturday 11

th March 2017

The Bury Training Centre, Parkinson St, Bury, BL9 6NY

Registration 09:30-10:00 : Workshop 10:00-16:30

The maximum number of participants is limited; first-come first-served basis.

Late enquiries for the workshop are welcomed as last-minute places may be available owing to late cancellations.

Please let us know of any special requirements, e.g. dietary, mobility

Lunch and refreshments are all included in the workshop fee

………………………………………………………………………………………

Please book the following (Georgia Parker 11/03/17) :-

Number of Counselling Northwest Members @ £ 75 per person….....................

Number of CNW Non-members @ £ 85 per person ...................

Total Number .............. Total Payment - Cheque Enclosed for: £ .................

Name(s)...................................................................................................... Contact address..........................................................................................

...................................................................................................................

Tel......................................e-mail address.................................................

Please return the form with your payment (cheques made payable to Counselling North-

west) to:-

Pat Howard,

96 Grappenhall Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire. WA4 2AX

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Working with people with substance misuse with Martin Elder: Tuesday 27th September 2016

Martin is a Substance Misuse Practitioner working within the NHS community mental health services for 10 years. He is also a trained integrative counsellor and supervisor of counsellors, previously involved in the Talking Therapies network within the Trust’s alcohol and Drugs Directorate. Whilst working as a practitioner he has developed a keen interest in the link between mental health and substance misuse.

The opening of the meeting began with discussion on the growing percentage of substance users found within the UK. This issue has been recognised by the government with more substances available to users than in previous times and not always obvious in the risk they pose. Whilst substance misuse is something that would be difficult to cease entirely, there are methods/techniques that are continuously proposed to provide a degree of maintenance in handling and aiding substance users.

Martin detailed various substances found today:

Alcohol and unit measurements (3 units= 250ml, 10 units= 1 bottle of wine)

Cannabis- in its various forms (stronger than in the 60’s and 70’s and often linked to mental health issues)

Heroin (Injected to create a ‘rush’ or ‘euphoria’ or smoked for a quicker impact)

Stimulants such as cocaine or crack cocaine, recently starting to be found mixed with heroin

Amphetamine (speed, whizz, billy) which can be bombed or injected, potentially blocking the veins.

Methamphetamine (crystal meth)

Prescription drugs including ones such as Benzodiazepine which can be addictive

It was discussed how ‘legal highs’ have now become illegal yet there is a conscious issue as users are left addicted. Martin explained how drugs and substance manufacturers are constantly trying to manoeuvre around law enforcement by creating exotic names for existing products whilst creating newer psychoactive substances. It was considered how to a certain degree, trends have a part to play and so production sees brightly coloured packages brought out to attract sales and boost popularity. From this the signs and symptoms of substance users were explored:

Change in behaviour, Anxiety, Aggression, Sweating/shaking, Body Odours, Fidgety/ restless/sleepy, Exceptionally emotive or emotional, Paranoid/ delusional

CONTINUED:

CPD MEETINGS AND WORKSHOP REPORTS:

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Martin continued by asking the attendees, ‘What does a substance user looks like?’.

It was advised that as counsellors one considers whom they are working with, the client, substance or both. From this, also for consideration was the client’s sense of identity and perceptions whilst the counsellor should also be mindful of theirs. For example, are there any judgements or perceptions being formed that may be detrimental to the therapeutic relationship? What is the agenda, therefore, of both parties? It was discussed how the client must always feel they have the enablement to choose to stop their usage and to explore what it may feel like should they decide to, or not. Such discussions in the therapy room may cause the initial contracting between parties to be re-visited several times depending on the details disclosed, which can be helpful when being mindful of keeping the client aware of boundaries. Martin emphasised how the client should be encouraged to remain honest in sessions and useful questions such as ‘What is going on with you right now?’, may serve if discussions become stuck or in need of direction.

Martin explained how, for alcohol and substance users, there has been a cycle of change identified. This is not a fixed process and one may find themselves at various stages of:

Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, Action to change, Maintenance, Lapse/ Relapse, Maintaining recovery

The final parts of the meeting provided avenues so that the group could search for those offering help to users:

Local 12 step programmes

SMART recovery groups

Self-help groups

Harbour project for carers in Bolton

Groups for veterans

Alcohol and Drug recovery programmes such as A.A and N.A for narcotics.

This presentation centred around a discussion on drugs and alcohol abuse and the influence found within a therapeutic setting. Various misconceptions were explored that are found within the wider community, looking at how these could potentially influence the therapeutic relationship if not considered. It was discussed how drugs and alcohol impact on everyday life, not only for the individual using such substances, but for all involved and around them.

Chmaine Robinson

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – Yvonne Slater and Martin O’Doherty

Wednesday 26 October, 2016. Overview by Linda Wolfenden

A packed room listened intently to the words of experience and insight from

these speakers and this was simply an overview of such an in-depth topic.

What is OCD?

OCD is, essentially, an anxiety disorder. It is made up of both obsessive, intru-

sive, repetitive, and fundamentally distressing thoughts, and the compulsions/

behaviours developed by the sufferer to alleviate the distress caused by these

unacceptable ruminations.

To allay any misconceptions about the triggers of OCD, it was stated that the

condition can arise from any personal traumatic incident. In Martin’s case, he

shared his own experience of being locked in a church at the age of 11. This has

evolved into a fear of poisoning people and being locked up in prison and never

being able to get out.

OCD can be multigenerational and there is evidence through brain pattern re-

search to show a familial pre-disposition to this condition.

How Does it Present?

There was discussion around the very human condition of experiencing and

challenging unwanted, repetitive thoughts and where each of us is on the contin-

uum. As Yvonne says, “88% of people have intrusive thoughts, the other 12%

are lying!”

People with OCD experience very distressing thoughts and develop repetitive behaviours as coping strategies to alleviate the distress. The behaviours tempo-rarily cancel out the distress caused by the thoughts.

Clients may share feelings of being trapped by constant ‘what if’ ritualistic, su-perstitious thinking. They know the thought is illogical but cannot take the risk of anything bad happening, so feel forced to repetitively perform the behaviours. Avoidance is another common coping strategy.

Martin described it as ‘head versus heart’. “You know in your head you’re OK but emotionally, the fear, the consequence, is too great.”

People with OCD almost always have depression, so may present as such and then, as the relationship and trust develops, they may disclose the frightening thoughts and the often elaborate coping strategies they enact.

It appears that the ruminations are the worst part of the disorder for people with

OCD. People may talk readily about the behaviours but are likely to struggle to

share the thoughts/intrusions that accompany the compulsions because of the

fear of negative judgements and perceived consequences. An example that was

given was to consider our reaction to a client who discloses, “I think I might kill

someone.” CONTINUED:

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Diagnosis

OCD is one of the ten most debilitating conditions. Diagnosis will help a suffer-

er make sense of the disorder and really helps to stop a person believing they

are ‘bad’ or ‘mad’. As Martin stated, it helps to understand “the thoughts you

get are not part of who you are.”

A clinical diagnosis considers the level of dysfunction and how much it inter-

rupts or disrupts normal life.

Yvonne warned, as in all mental health disorders, misdiagnosis is possible and

OCD has been labelled as psychosis, schizophrenia, etc.

Treatment

Both speakers concurred; the therapeutic relationship is the key thing. Trust,

not the technique, is the important element, you just need the right therapist.’

As people with OCD develop behaviours as a way of gaining control, hypno-

therapy was not advised and even considered to make things worse.

Because the behaviours are very powerful maladaptive coping strategies, the

client will be understandably resistant to change and fearful that therapy might

involve taking those behaviours away.

OCD clearly impacts negatively on the self concept and opportunities to build

self-worth within the therapeutic relationship are invaluable. There is evidence

to suggest that sufferers are people of higher intelligence and more creative

and these are particularly important points to make when working with an OCD

client.

Martin stated, with a self-effacing giggle, “OCD doesn’t affect people who aren’t

nice!” and this point was reinforced by Yvonne as she shared the fact that the

unwanted thoughts are ‘ego-dystonic,’ so far removed from the client’s values

or sense of self. If not, they would not be fought against so hard! Clients will

benefit from hearing this.

For Martin, “the most powerful therapy is meeting other people with OCD and

normalising the thoughts. The thoughts are not part of you.”

Yvonne agrees that normalising is a big part but “understanding is key” and

that can be provided through therapy and working within the home environ-

ment, involving members of the family as co-therapists, trying to help the client

understand that thoughts mean nothing and control is not necessary.

As expected, time beat us and the session had to be brought to an end with a

grateful round of applause for such a packed presentation and I, for one, have

benefitted greatly from attending.

Linda Wolfenden

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‘Treating Sex and Porn Addiction’ one-day workshop

Chi Ko. 12th November 2016

Feedback

Excellent Very good Fair Satisfactory Poor No comment

11 5

Presenter’s knowledge

Excellent Very good Fair Satisfactory Poor No comment

15 1

Content of presentation

Excellent Very good Fair Satisfactory Poor No comment

9 7

Discussion / Q&A

Excellent Very good Fair Satisfactory Poor No coment

8 7 1

Is there anything you would have liked more of?

Case studies & how actually formulated / worked with

More understanding of way can work / techniques

Maybe more of specific tools

Not enough time to have more discussion

Time! So much information to absorb

Is there anything you would have liked less of?

I think the morning session was a bit long by, say 30 mins

I would have found better time boundaries helpful

Whilst it was interesting, audience participation took up a lot of the time

CONT:-

Presenter’s style and manner

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What have you gained from the workshop?

Knowledge generally working with sex / porn addiction

Confidence in what I know and how I use skills in my practice

Overall understanding of subject and things that may be presented in the

counselling room

Much better understanding and knowledge of the issues x 2

Greater understanding and models

Great examples of differing manifestations

More insight into how to assess / questions to ask at initial appointment

More understanding of this area & impact on family / work etc

Confidence in identifying sexual & pornography addiction clearly

The neurochemistry of addiction

A greater understanding of sex & porn addiction and it’s complexities

Helped expand awareness and a fresh perspective in this area

Any other comments?

Fantastic day of learning and exploration / Great day—thank you

Chi Ko was excellent and answered my questions in his presentation

almost as they arose

Great venue, lovely lunch, very efficient admin/organisation. I enjoyed the

day very much, thank you

Excellent - really enjoyed

Love his style of presentation & flexibility to develop in the moment

Because of my renewed awareness I’m going to look into further training

Really good content & process of group involvement

A well run workshop

Enjoyed Chi’s relaxed manner & admired his ability to confidently field

questions

A good balance all round

Excellent presentation skills from Chi - informative and relaxed manner

Positive different arrangements of chairs to avoid seeing people’s backs

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CPD MEETINGS AND WORKSHOP REPORTS CONTINUED

Suicide: The Counsellors Perspective.

Barbara Rosenthal, 24th November 2016

Barbara has presented discussions and workshops on this subject for CNW in previous

years, but on this occasion she wanted those present to discuss and reflect on their own

personal thoughts and responses to this highly emotive issue.

There was clearly a varied level of experience from the comments of those present, and

the comments offered were both informative and moving.

Agency protocol on action to be taken if suicidal ideation or intent was expressed by the

client was discussed, and some honest and revealing views were expressed.

Further varied experiences and advice was offered by therapists working in the voluntary

sector, the NHS and those in private practice,

The legal aspects of note taking and retention were explained by Peter Jenkins, this is

understandably an ongoing concern for many therapists.

Many contributions were expressed from across the spectrum of experience in the room,

from those who had lost clients to suicide, to student counsellors who had worked with

this issue and their reactions to it.

Hopefully a rewarding evening for all, I would like to recommend Andrew Reeves’ book

Counselling Suicidal Clients (Sage: 2010) for those who would like to research this issue in

more detail.

Alan Corbett

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In Search of a New Home for CNW

by Jenny Edwards

I have been a member of CNW for some years now and had always appreciated what is

offered at such a reasonable membership rate. When I heard that CNW wanted to find a

new home for their evening meetings something inside of me said ‘I can do that’ and

before I knew it I was saying it out loud to Tony….. not one of my most thought-through

moments but I set off with the motivation of ‘pay back’ time and a great deal of

enthusiasm. This turned out to be a bigger job than even my ‘wait a minute and think

before you speak’ part of my brain could have guessed.

At my first committee meeting we discussed the venue requirements and I set off once

again with great enthusiasm. However, once I started looking at and then speaking with

some seemingly suitable venues I started to realise that we weren’t a particularly attractive

option for them. Calls went a little like this “I’m looking for a venue we could use one

evening per month for 10 months of the year…..well no, it wouldn’t be the same night each

month we want to spread the meetings across Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday…… yes, I

realise that’s a little unconventional…. no, were not looking for food and we’d like to keep

refreshments low cost so may need to bring our own….. sorry, no I can’t give you a full

dates list for next year as yet but would be able to do that soon…. oh, you have slimming

club in every Tuesday so that’s out……. ah, I see there’s a committee meeting every third

Wednesday of the month and sometimes one in between so you can’t really sort

Wednesday’s out easily…… oh & on Thursday’s there’s a monthly quiz and a monthly ladies

meeting so that might be a bit difficult too….. okay, thank you.” Despite the difficulties I

did start coming up with a few possible venues.

I returned to the committee with findings so far and asked about our membership spread

across the region as I felt this may help determine where to focus our attention. Pat (CNW

membership secretary) did a great job of plotting our membership on a map which quickly

showed that we’re very widespread across the region, as are the members of the

committee, which is great but didn’t make the job any easier.

CONTINUED:-

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This job was getting bigger and more time consuming than I could have imagined but I was

determined to keep going and make sure that I was approaching this the best way I could

for our members. I continued to plough through venues I’d found and ones submitted by

members which were extremely helpful. In order to make sense of the work so far, I

devised a spreadsheet with one page containing a list of all venues considered so far and

any notes to help me keep track, the other was a table of potentially suitable venues with

scoring system across 7 categories to help analyse each venue fairly, remove bias and to

present to the committee to help make a group decision.

I’d like to say a big thank you to our members who kept providing venue suggestions

which were all considered. The venue we are now trialling at Bury, Development &

Training Centre, is one sent in by one of our members. Despite my initial impression on

driving up to the venue, once inside I was extremely impressed and it came up top marks

in all categories. They have enough rooms to accommodate us on the different nights even

when they have others booked in. There’s plenty of parking, all access issues in place and

all the equipment needed so might even save us money on technology in the long run. We

tested the venue over two committee meetings and despite the location spread of the

committee and concerns about the long-term M60 road works we all got there in good

time. There are also two exits you can use off the M66 to avoid local events and the venue

is potentially able to accommodate our future needs as well – workshops & committee

meetings.

Please do keep your suggestions coming in as this is a continuing project and I am still

looking, although with much less vigour at the moment, as this has taken up a lot of time

and energy and more importantly we are now trialling the new venue for 12 months.

As I end this overview I have to admit that whilst I felt I appreciated our CNW Committee,

who all give their time freely, I had no idea of how much continual hard work and effort

they put in to keep CNW going and now appreciate them all, current and past, even more

and I am very proud to be involved.

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KEEP UPDATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Search for Counselling Northwest

@CounsellingNW

Search for Counselling Northwest

Members can use these sites for networking and will also be updated

with regular reminders of upcoming meetings and workshops

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For office use only

Memb. No: …………………… Receipt No: ………………………………………

Please tick the box of the membership category for which you are applying/renewing, complete the rest of the form and return to the Membership Secretary with cheque payable to

Counselling Northwest. Payment can also be made by BACS bank transfer. Please contact Pat if you wish to pay this way.

(Please note: a receipt will be sent electronically)

Membership Secretary, Pat Howard, 96 Grappenhall Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire. WA4 2AX

Tel: 01925 266428 email: [email protected]

PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALS

NAME: _____________________________________________

ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

POSTCODE: _____________TELEPHONE:_________________________

MOBILE: _______________________________________________

EMAIL:__________________________________________________

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CNW Membership Sliding Scale Fees – 2016/17

Period of joining…….

1st Sept – 31st Dec

1st Jan – 31st March

1st April – 31st July

Full Member £20:00

£15:00

£10:00

Diploma Student

£10:00

£7:50

£5:00

Remember that membership entitles concessionary fees for workshops As there are no meetings, workshops or other events organised in July and August, anyone joining/renewing during those two months will be credited with membership for the whole of the following

membership year

Fee for (non-member) visitor at speaker’s meeting: £5.00 per visit

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New Members – Where did you learn about Counselling Northwest?

______________________________________________________

Do you work primarily in:-

NHS Education Third Sector

Private Practice

Other (Please specify) ________________________________

Therapeutic Approach: ______________________________________

Please circle which is/are appropriate to you:

Counsellor Supervisor Trainer Student

What topic areas for evening meetings/day workshops would you be

interested in? _____________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

January 2017

Professional Body Membership eg: BACP/BABCP/BPS etc

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NOTICE BOARD

Our new home at Bury Training Centre for evening speakers’ meetings will now also be home to our workshops due to

unforeseen circumstances at our previous venue. Please keep this in mind when booking. Apologies for any inconvenience

this may cause to members.

VACANCIES

We currently have the following vacancies on

the CNW committee:

IT SPECIALIST To manage the running of the Counselling North-West

website.

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS We continue to look for additional committee members to assist in the general running of CNW. Committee meetings

take place once per month.

All contributing to the running of Counselling North-West do so on a voluntary basis and are expected to pay their

membership in full.

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CALLING ALL MEMBERS!

CNW NEEDS YOU!!

As you will be aware, Counselling North West was set up as a networking

group for therapists and so we would like to remind members that they have

the opportunity to shape the group and gain hours of CPD in terms of:

Offering suggestions for topics you would like more knowledge of at

monthly meetings and workshops

Facilitating a meeting or workshop to offer your own knowledge to

others

Volunteering in the running of, and continued development of, CNW

Offering feedback of your experiences, and ideas for future

developments

Contributing to the newsletter with articles, poems, items of interest,

etc

How would you like to see CNW continue? Could you be involved? How could

we improve? Let us know!

You can e-mail us at [email protected], or alternatively you

can speak to any committee member at any one of the meetings. We look

forward to hearing from you.

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Supervision and Counselling , Student Counselling

At competitive and negotiable prices!

Offered

By

Stephanie Kitt

Accredited MBACP and CNW member.

I have enjoyed practising as a person centred counsellor since 2006,

achieving my BACP accreditation in 2012. Since September 2012, I

have completed a BACP approved diploma in counselling

supervision, giving me the skills to offer supervision to counsellors

and student counsellors.

December 2014 gaining a certificate in CBT .

I work privately with individuals and couples and with school children

providing face to face counselling, individual and group supervision

and self- esteem workshops. I also work as a supervisor for the

Counselling and Family Centre in Altrincham.

My practice is in Urmston Manchester.

You are very welcome to ring, text or email me for an informal chat

and we can arrange a session to see what I can offer you and if we

feel comfortable working together.

Tel: 07725 356460

Email: [email protected]

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Important Information about the Newsletter

1) Authors who submit book reviews or articles must own the copyright of the material they submit. Copyright remains with the author after

publication

2) Material submitted may be edited, subject to the constraints of the newsletter

3) Counselling Northwest cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy

of articles or information submitted for publication in its newsletters

4) Counselling Northwest is not responsible for individual opinions expressed in articles, letters or information submitted for publication in its newsletters, nor are any views expressed necessarily those of the

Counselling Northwest Committee

5) Whilst Counselling Northwest may, from time to time, publish advertisements relating to Counselling & Psychotherapy, publication of

such advertisements should not be taken as any form of approval or endorsement of the service(s) or product(s) being offered

6) The newsletter is sent to all paid-up members of Counselling Northwest, by e-mail and also by mailed hard copy if requested.

Additionally, it is circulated at various colleges, libraries etc. and then archived on the website.

7) We welcome invitations from colleges to speak briefly about

Counselling Northwest and its work

EDITORIAL DEADLINE

Deadline for submitting contributions to the April 2017 newsletter is

Friday 24th March 2017

Please send any contributions to:

[email protected]

ADVERTISING

Minimum size of advert is one page of A5 @ £15. A two-page spread costs £25

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CPD events for counsellors, psychotherapists

and mental health professionals in the North West

www.counselling-northwest.org.uk

Newsletter Editing & Production by

Tracy McCadden & Tony Howard

Hard Copy Printing by Business Copy Centre, Stockton Heath, Warrington